Since the very first Xbox was launched in 2001, the subsequent Xbox consoles that have been released since have featured their own unique dashboards, with Xbox 360 and Xbox Series X/S receiving mid-lifecycle overhauls as well. One Xbox fan has decided to design their own dashboard that updates things rather than drawing inspiration from previous eras like the Xbox 360.
Reddit user ZenkaiGoose has customized their own unique Xbox dashboard that still includes important elements of the existing UI, such as the games and apps section and available quick resume titles. The Xbox fan reveals the various parts of the custom dashboard in a clip that shows the designer flipping through the important pages of their creation after including the Xbox boot-up screen. The Xbox Series X was updated to get an impressive 4K dashboard last year, and although many fans have voiced their appreciation for the changes, others hope for even more changes or a return of the Xbox 360 blades design.
ZenkaiGoose's clip begins as any Xbox Series X boot-up would, showing the dashboard after the logo flashes across the screen, revealing a clock with a picture of a cityscape lit up with purples and pinks accompanied by recently used apps. Doom Eternal, Elden Ring, and Tunic are the quick resume-ready titles in ZenkaiGoose's clip, while Cuphead and Psychonauts 2 appear to require a full launch, and YouTube and the Microsoft store are waiting on standby. ZenkaiGoose scrolls down to reveal the page of custom UI that includes several suggested apps, available storage, and all the pins that the player has saved, including grouped pins dubbed "shooters" and "vibes."
Sharing similarities with some mobile phone UIs, ZenkaiGoose navigates to the side of the dashboard to highlight a more cluttered community page that includes favorites, friends online, create a party, a music playlist, local weather, recent achievements, a block dedicated to Thor: Love and Thunder, and side buttons that would feel familiar on the standard Xbox Series X dashboard like a button to redirect to more achievements, party information, and more. ZenkaiGoose's dashboard also has a page dedicated to Game Pass that puts trending titles like Halo Infinite and Mortal Kombat 11 at the top, while holding the guide button reveals a final screen in ZenkaiGoose's custom dashboard in which Xbox players can search for content or deactivate the controller or console as they can when holding the button today.
Although many Xbox fans expressed their enthusiasm for ZenkaiGoose's minimalist Xbox dashboard and pointed out how well it may work for the mobile Xbox app, others lamented the lack of options on the main page that ZenkaiGoose navigates from. Several Xbox fans noted that the current dashboard needs improvement or a general overhaul despite being reworked by Microsoft last year, while others suggested that it's one of the better Xbox UIs. Because the Xbox dashboard has included ads for a couple of generations now, a handful of Xbox fans hinted that ZenkaiGoose's dashboard should adopt advertisements in certain sections.